diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml
index 576a3f8d9a..3f8c3cd4f9 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
   <section>
     <title>Introduction</title>
 
-    <p><strong>This is a draft of the April&ndash;June 2017
-      status report.  Please check back after it is finalized, and
-      an announcement email is sent to the &os;-Announce mailing
-      list.</strong></p>
-
     <p>&os; continues to defy the rumors of its demise.</p>
 
     <p>Much of the development work done this quarter was not